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Thursday, Mar 3, 2016
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MEMPHIS, TN (March 3, 2016) – Beth Edwards, a Memphis visual artist, best known for her paintings of children’s toys, is the recipient of the sixth annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration. This award is given by Metropolitan Bank to a local artist whose work demonstrates artistic mastery.
As the Emmett O’Ryan Award winner, Edwards receives a $10,000 cash award. Edwards was selected based on her decades of making...
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015
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photo: ArtsMemphis 2014 Fellow, Lecolion Washington, presents his case for support to peers and faculty Saad&Shaw.
MEMPHIS, TN (December 8, 2015) – Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced a $40,000 grant to help ArtsMemphis train emerging leaders in the nascent field of arts-driven social change. The initiative is called the Community Engagement Fellows Program.
ArtsMemphis launched the Fellows...
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Friday, Aug 7, 2015
And THE WINNER of Our Inaugural Brokerage Firm Challenge Is...
August 7, 2015
Back in May, we launched The ArtsMemphis Brokerage Firm Challenge -- an exciting partnership with three of Memphis's top financial firms: FTB Advisors , Raymond James , and Wunderlich Securities . Here's how it worked: we gave each firm a list of 200 past donors to ArtsMemphis who had yet to make a gift in our current fiscal year. From there, volunteers...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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MEMPHIS, TN (May 20, 2015) – Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced that AutoZone has been named a BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America honoree for 2015.
Above: Singers from Opera Memphis perform "AutoZone: The Opera."
Presented every year by the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA), a division of...
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Thursday, Feb 26, 2015
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MEMPHIS, TN (August 25, 2017) – Frank D. Robinson Jr. is the recipient of the fifth annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration, given by Memphis-based Metropolitan Bank to a local artist whose original work indicates continued artistic significance.
Robinson, was nominated for the award by Memphis Brook Museum of Art. The award comes with a $2,000 cash award and the nominating organization receives $500.
The Emmett...
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Friday, Jan 2, 2015
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MEMPHIS, TN (January 2, 2015) – Bruce Hopkins, President of the West Tennessee Region of First Tennessee Bank, has been elected as the Board Chairman of ArtsMemphis, which provides communitywide funding for the arts community in Memphis. During 2014, ArtsMemphis distributed $3.3 million in grant funding to arts groups and individuals, bringing the five-year total of grant funding to $18.2 million.
Also serving on the ArtsMemphis Executive...
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Monday, Jun 23, 2014
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MEMPHIS, TN (June 23, 2014) – Susan Schadt who has been President & Chief Executive Officer of ArtsMemphis for the past 13 years, has stepped down as President of the arts funding organization. She will remain CEO of ArtsMemphis until December 31, 2014, when she will become CEO and owner of Wild Abundance Publishing, a Memphis-based firm that specializes in the publication of books that focuses on conservation and the arts.
Elizabeth...
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Thursday, Feb 27, 2014
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MEMPHIS, TN - (Feb. 27, 2014) – Leandra Urrutia, an associate professor and department head of ceramics at Memphis College of Art, is the recipient of the Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration.
The Emmett O’Ryan Award is given annually by Memphis-based Metropolitan Bank to a visual artist for an original artistic creation that also bears promise for future artistic significance. The honor comes with a $2,000 cash...
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Thursday, Aug 8, 2013
ArtsAccelerator - An Incentive Grant for Visual Artists will help artists who are at a critical juncture in their work offset expenses related to a project or opportunity that would enhance the artist’s overall work or career. The ArtsAccelerator grants will support the areas of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation art, performance art, video or media art and craft.
Individual funding requests for ArtsAccelerator grants may be up to $3,000 and are available to local artists at...
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Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
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MEMPHIS, TN (April 24, 2013) – Four Memphis arts groups – ArtsMemphis, Opera Memphis, Soulsville Foundation, and Binghampton Development Corporation – have received $135,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is nearly half of the total sum given by the NEA to arts organizations throughout Tennessee.
The NEA awarded these grants to the four Memphis arts groups based on their contributions to create vibrant...
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Thursday, Feb 28, 2013
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MEMPHIS, TN - (Feb. 28, 2013) – Alan Spearman, a Memphis filmmaker, recently received the third annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration, given by Metropolitan Bank to an emerging artist for his or her work that also bears promise for future artistic significance. The honor comes with a $2,000 cash award and the nominating organization receives $500.
Mr. Spearman, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist,...
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Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
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Featuring public art, performances and hands-on arts activities
MEMPHIS, TN (March 13, 2012) – ArtsMemphis will host a free Pop Up arts festival from 12-4 p.m. on March 24 at the Hollywood Community Center, 1560 North Hollywood.
The arts festival will include the permanent installation of five picnic tables, designed and decorated by local artists, at the Hollywood Community Center. It will also include the dedication of artist Suzy...
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Thursday, Feb 2, 2012
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Second annual award honors artist Anthony D. Lee
MEMPHIS, TN (February 2, 2012) – Metropolitan Bank presented the second annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration (the “Emmett”) to artist Anthony D. Lee during a reception at Metropolitan Bank on Jan. 25. The award, which honors Mr. O’Ryan, a founding board member of Metropolitan Bank, is given annually to an emerging artist recognized for his or her...
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Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012
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ArtsFirst grant panel will allocate more than $350,000 to arts groups
MEMPHIS (January 11, 2012) – First Tennessee Foundation has reinforced its significant investment in the arts in Memphis through a unique new funding model. The foundation will partner with ArtsMemphis to steward a grants program called ArtsFirst. In 2012 First Tennessee Foundation will allocate more than $350,000 through ArtsFirst to Memphis area arts organizations to...
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